1986
Soul Man
Directed by Steve Miner
He didn't give up, he got down.
A white prospective grad student's affluent family won't pay his way through law school, so he takes tanning pills to darken his skin in order to qualify for an African-American scholarship at Harvard. He soon gets more than he bargained for, as he begins to learn what life is really like for blacks in America.
Duration
1h 44m
Released
October 24, 1986
Revenue
$35,000,000